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Twodotsknowhy t1_j3ngclk wrote

Reply to comment by a2godsey in Kids in Pennsylvania eat an average of 22.862 sugary snacks a week, per a recent study, which is the highest rate in the United States by Raz0rRamon

Yeah, that massive difference between PA and Kentucky immediately makes me wonder about the accuracy in the data, because there's nothing to explain why it'd be so much higher (and no, Hershey does not explain it)

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a2godsey t1_j3nn2s1 wrote

I agree with your last part, really no difference in density of Hershey products in gas stations near Hershey than anywhere else I've been in/out of the state. There's the occasional advertisement but Hershey is a novelty that wears off especially for us locals. Even though we do have a few good junk food brands I personally don't think there's as strong of a correlation between that and total number of sugary snacks consumed as some would think.

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Twodotsknowhy t1_j3nrv4z wrote

Yeah, we may eat more tastykakes than other states but I'm sure other cities have their own regional snack brands that they binge on, nor would any of that have any effect on whether we consume more sugary drinks than other states. The methodology seems suspect, especially since the state I would have guessed had the highest sugary drink consumption is listed as the lowest.

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OhioJeeper t1_j3r60gg wrote

In Kentucky the sugar is mostly fermented before given to children so it doesn't count.

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